Comet Globe Swift - 20 Inch Wingspan Flying Model, E4

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Comet Globe Swift - 20 Inch Wingspan Flying Model, E4 plastic model kit

E4 Comet Globe Swift - 20 Inch Wingspan Flying Model

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good-

Very nice stick and tissue kit from 1948. Features two sheets of quality printwood, strip stock in two sizes, covering tissue, balsa block, finished hardwood wheels, dowels for gear struts, rubber motor, plastic prop and bushing (may or may not be original to the kit), clear window material and excellent, full size plans in very good condition. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.

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